Door for grain cars



Nov. 11 1924, 1,515,55fi R. EBLiNC-i DOOR FOR GRAIN; CARS Filed Mair 15. 1922 a Sheets-Sheet 1 9. EON/7 ENVENTOR MM BY WITN E55:

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' R. EBLING DOQR FOR GRAIN CARS a Shets-Shee't :5

Filed Ma.v 15. 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

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i 'citiZenoftl-Ie Unitedistate's; at Ear-u Ema-ire; in." the county or; ffidaire and "State :of wi'sco-nsim have in rated new and 1 bars, and one object is to pibvidejpar- 1 This invention relates- -t'o* a d'oor'ii r {grain ticular means for rendering "the door jg rz'tin tight,

r a farther-swee ie tdp'rovide*abloor-"with particular means for throwing the "main [tight ot ne ti n by; To

Tithe; door.

the bead in engagementfwithlthe gro oveon A still further object is to providelparjc'tioular 'lfocliing means and guiding =1neans ffor themain' door. p

With the oregoi 'g and "gotherobjects in jvieW, the invention consists inthe "novelfconsanction and arrangement o 3t elemen'ts described and claimed, iflbeing'un'derstood that 15f th'ejclaim's, without-departing rircimtlie I p I p p designated 32, and above ands-below the.

lattei'yin; the-positionssh wn are s'iippleii n- "tary doorways, designated 33 and These 1 doorways are enclosed by' firanies for t t'b jtheyihree e a q .ylnrhje'i fra ing rgiu e sh sih d o in side eleva ion d; Figure "2 is 'alfv eir- ,ticaisection on l o2r2 o iliigurrefl af portion of the wallwbeing in horizontal sectio'n; 'Figii're41s "a' horizontal section on line 4-4 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 55 of Figure 1; Figure 6 is a detail view, in section, on line 6-6 of Figure 1; Figures 7 and 8 are detail views showing modified securing means for one of the small doors, Figure 7 also showing 5 is a frame 11, preferably of metal and carrying a bead 12. The portion of the bead at the corr'esponding g sides of fthe two a i a k po itionoi fille e v i lso "b ""ng illustrate left or the doo'rwayfas shows inthe artw- 'i'ngs, is -provi'ded with a *bevel" 13 on the -'side nearest the dOor'Way, and the-bead the rightis pro'r' idedwith a bevel 1}4 on-th'e side farthest froin the' doo way. *The inner surface or the door 15 ia-provided; with Y gTO OV "includin ani li l pr portion '1 lower "portio 18, h connecting @Qljtldfi's '19 and '20, the two" portions 13st having "beveled walls "for eooperation 'with "the beveled permanent the beads located at the left andiightof the uoorway; These beveled portions facilitate the complete f'clos- 'ing of the door-for rendering' it'fg'rain tight.

The bevelled portionsyoi the b'eads' iire pn i beads, and the opposite side o ed e ot ea-oh bead constitutes an abrupt acting as" Stop! l .7 H i i The upper'track22is' mountedon'hangers carried by the hangers" 29ff and "3 0',jand I carr the door inwardly toward theside of "the car, sothatfthegroove on the inner' sun face ofthe {door will coine' iritoffull engage:

'nent with thebead'waeiruie'door has moved the full length of the traclfi and distance-1equired to effect closing. The -hangers for "the door-are swivenedgasshowii'ar 31;;

'j' A 'diagonalimetallic latoon the d-oor is supporting and guiding the doors 36 f-arid "37. Loki'iigueriees fori'the supplementary d'oor sj, are 'designated d 11d 9." Th dem The locking devices include cam elements 51 for engaging the staple like members 52. Two of such locking devices are provided on each end of the door, with corresponding staples; Each locking device is controlled by a handle 53, and the enlarged portion of the cam is provided with a slot 54 having an offset portion 55. The headed pins 56 pass through the slots, and when the devices are in operative or looking position, with the cams engaging the staples, the offset portions of the slots are in engagement with the corresponding pins. The end portions of the handles are then thrown into engagement with the retaining devices 57. If slight play is provided under the heads of thepins, the handles may be swung outwardly from the edge of the door to a limited extent, to permit of the engagement just referred to. Upon release of the handles from the retaining devices, the engagevinent between the pins and the offset portions of the slots is no longer' effective for retaining the cams in locked position, upon the manipulation of the handles in an obvious manner. The cams are then thrown to position for movingthe door laterally or outwardly with reference to the side of the car, .thus freeing the grooved portion from the bead surrounding the main door- 3.3 The swivelled hangers for the door permit of the outward and rearward movement of the door, the wheels of the hanger first traveling along the inwardly turned portions of the track, and then along the main portions thereof, permitting the full opening of the door In Figure 7, angle bar 58 is positioned along the edge of door 15, adjacentthe opening for one of the small doors, and angle bar 59, reversely arranged of the door last named, cooperates with bar 58, in the manner shown, when the small door is closed, thereby producing an effective connection or joint. Obviously, similar provision may be made with reference to the other small door. In each case the opposite edge of the small door, 36 or 37 enters a groove 60, for sealing the joint at this point.

In Figure 8 the locking bolts 64:, 65 are pivoted to disk 66, and the latter is rotated by lever 67 adapted to engage retaining device 68. The bolts enter any suitable se-' curing devices on the door-frame members 35, upon the rotation of the disk by lever 67 and are released by a reverse movement of the lever.

Having thus described the invention, 1 claim:

1. The combination with the side of a car having a doorway formed therein, of a door for closing said doorway, means for efiecting grain tight connection between the door and the doorway by moving the door inwardly toward the side of the car, a track carried by the side of the car and including inner and outer flanges, one of the flanges turning inwardly at a given point and the other of said flanges turning inwardly at a point spaced therefrom, swivelled door hangers carried by the door and including wheels separately co-operating with the flanges, for guiding the door inwardly towards the side of the car, a stationary guide, and devices carried by the lower edge of the door, slidable along the guide, and slidable with reference to the door, permitting travel of the door and movement outwardly from the side of the car, said devices on the lower edge of the door being each of plate form, and each havingits ends turned'in opposite directions for respectively engaging the st tionary guide and an element fixed with reference to the door, and limiting the outward movement thereof.

2. The combination with the side of a car having a doorway, of a door for closing said doorway, and means for locking the door and for throwing the latter outwardly incident to the unlocking operation, said means including cams, devices carried by the side of the car cooperating with the cams, said cams being formed with slots having off-set portions, pins passing through the slots and into the door for retaining the cams, the pins being adapted to engage the offset portions of the slots, handles for op erating the cams, and means for retaining the handles when the pins engage the offset portions, said cams cooperating with the side of the car, for throwing the door outwardly.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

RICHARD EBLING. 

